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JOHANES BLATZ'S 
MISTAKE; 

-OR — 

The Two Elopements. 

A FARCE COMEDY IN TWO ACTS. 
-bV- 

J. E. Crary. 

.'nthor of "Old Wayside Inn,''' "Jacob shhiff's Mistake," "United 
at Last,'^ "The Irish Squire of Squash Ridge" 



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TO WHICH 18 ADDED 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES— CAST OF THE CHARACTERS- 
ENTRANCES AND EXITS— RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE 
PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. 

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e JOEANES BLAT7J8 MISTAKE. 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

William Thunderbolt - - A rich hanker. 

Oliver Suivuvi - - - - A rich bachelor . 

Eex Dwelton - - - A poor lover. 

Johannes Blatz - - -A Dutchman. 

Joyce Thunderbolt - - Willia?n's daughter. 

Tabitha Thunderbolt - - William's sister. 

Theresa Thunderbolt - - William's wife 

COSTUMES— Modern. 



TIME OF PLAYING, m MINUTES 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

^., means Bight; l., Left; r. h., Eight Hand; l. h., Left 
Hand ; c, Centre ; s. e., (2d e.) Second Entrance ; u. e. 
Upper Entrance ; m. d. , Middle Door ; r., the Flat ; d. 
r., Door in Flat; r. c, Right of Centre; l. c, Left ol 
Centre. 

K. R. C. C. L. C. L. 

^*;^Reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing audience. 



JOHANES BLATZ'S MISTAKE : 

—OR,— 

The Two Elopements. 

ACT I. 

Room in Thunderbolt's mansion — Oliver and William 
seated at table. 

Oliver, (rises) Do you think she'll consent to be the 
old man's darling, William ? 

William. Demme, of course she will. My word is law, 
Oliver, my word is law. 

01. But ye know friend Wlliam, I'm getting kind 'o 
shaky. 

Wm. Demme, I tell you she'll have you, shaky or no 
shaky ; my word is law. Demme it is ! 

01. Well, William, talk it over with her and, and when- 
ever she's ready, let me know. By-by. (shake 

Wm. So long, so long ! (exit, Oliver, l.) Mrs. Oliver 
Summ ! Oh ! demme, what a name for a banker's daughter 
to burden herself with. Marry him ! Well, demme, she'll 
marry him, or she's no daughter of mine. 

Enter, Theresa, r. e. 

Theresa. Who's no daughter of your, Wm. Thunder- 
oolt? 

Wm. Well, demme, wife, take a chair, I've got some- 
thing to tell you, {she sits r. of table) demme wife ! 

(paces floor excitedly 

Titer. Well William, what's the matter ? 

Win. Eh ! demme, wife, I'm in a tight fix. The stand- 
ing of the bank is imperilled. 



^ JOEANES BLATZS MISTAKE, 

Ther. William, you act like a crazy man. 

Wm. Demme, it's enough to make any man crazy. 
Speculation and one thing and nn other has just about strap- 
ped me, and should the dc^jooiLors get wind, and draw, 
demme, the bank would be closed. See ? 

Ther. Oh ! AVilliam, what will we do ? 

Wm. Do? Demme, I've got a plan. Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! 
Marry her to old Oliver Summ. He ain't much of a sum, 
but he's got quite a sum of money, and money makes the 
bank go. Demme, see ; a rich son-in-law as cashier saves 
the bank. 

Ther. What, marry him ? 

Wm. Yes, demme, the bank must be preserved. 

Ther. By all means. 

TFm. Where is she? 

Ther. In the arbor. 

Wm. Eh ! demme, that's the place to tackle her. Here 
goes — 

Ther. Nothing. 

Wm. Eh ! Yes, demme, come on. {exit, loth, r. 

Enter y Hones, l. e. , ra^s loudly, l)Ows himself in. 

Hones. Eight dese vay Meeser Blatz, valk right in 
iKevis! Vot, any poty at home? He say I found him mit 
dere house in. Veil, I makes myself at home. 

(sits hack of table, feet up 

Enter, Tabitha, r. e., venj excited paces floor. Hones 
friyhtened. 

Tabitha. The very idea, wants to marry that runt to 
my Oliver. She never shall. I'll fight for him tooth and 
nail. 

Hon. {aside) Auch-dii leber Got-in-Himmel! Vots dot. 
A lunetaxasylum busted loose. 

Tab. If I don't get Oliver, I'll never get any one. 

Hon. {aside) By Himmel I she don't got me. 

Tah. What's that? A tramp ! help! murder! thieves! 
{exit, R. , Hones jumps on table ^ 

Hon. Hos-du kerzain der son-of-a-gon. Dot beats dere 
deifel. I bate I been a lunetax asylum in, sure. 



JOHANES BLATZS MISTAKE. ^ 

Enter, William, l. ^. , paces floor very excitedly. 

^\1n. Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! defies me does she ? Oh ! demme, 
we'll see. 

Hoji. {aside) Anonter von. I bate I been a dote 
ditcher next. 

W)ji. Eh! what's that you say? Demme, come down 
off that table ! What do you want here ? 

Hon. By Himmel I vas scared. Meester vots your 
name ? 

Win. Demme, you impudent dutch — dutch — dutchman. 
My name is Wm, Thunderbolt. Demme, what do you want ? 

lion. William Dunderblixdemmitvotyouvant. Ho ! vot 
t name. My name is Hones Blatz. 

F/;?. Ha ! ha ! ha ! ha ! Well, Mr. Blatz, what do you 
want ? 

Hon. Dot fellow by dere bank down vants me to haf 
you gora down dere all by vonce, right avay quick. 

Wm. All right! all right! demme. 

Hon. Hones — Hones, my name vas Hones. 

(William taJ^es his hat from table 

Wm. Well, Hones, demme. 

Hon. No ! Hones Blatz. 
Wm. Come on well go right down. {exit, hoth, L. 

Enter, Joy and Rex, r. e. 

lie.r. Oh ! Joy, ours is the most miserable lot on earth 
What can I do ? I cannot see you marry that old brute. 

Joy. I'll not marry him. 

R(-i:. Oh ! how will this owA '.' 

Joy. Heed not the end, Rex. Let us live— live in the 
rternal present. 

Rl',v. Th;;t wc could. There is nothing left for us to do 
but to despair. Your t;Uher is rich, Joy, and I — I — 

Joy. Your heart is worth millions. 



11'.,'. 


Not on exchange. 


Joy. 


Your honor and genius — you know you write 


poetr\ , 


Kex. 


Hex. 


Honor and genius won't stop a money panic you 


know. 




Joy. 


Then-what-can-we-do ? 


Ee8. 


We must part. 



S JOEANES BLATZS MISTAKE. 

Joy. No ! no ! no ! not for the world. 
Rex. But your father ! 

Joy. He cannot be so cruel. Oh ! Rex, think how lovely 
you pleaded for my hand. I command you to think. 

[stamps foot 

Bex. I'm thinking. 

Joy. If your eloquent words moved my young heart to 
love, why should they not move my father's heart as well ? 

Bex. I fear they would only move his number nines. 

Joy. I will not think so. Go ! go to my father ; go in . 
your pride, your manhood ; go full of confidence and plead, 
your cause and mine. Go ! I command you to go ! 

Bex. Joyce, he will kill me. 

Joy. He will listen to you. He will never break my 
heart. He will embrace you — 

Bex. With a bootjack. 

Joy. He will fall on your neck — 

Bex. Yes, I believe you. 

Joy. And he will call you — 

Bex. Villain, scroundrel, upstart. 

Joy. No ! no ! no ! he will call you son-in-law — he will 
-admire your courage. Oh ! here he comes now^ Rex, speak 
to my father. God bless you. 

{exit, Joy, r. Rex JioUls out anns toioards her 

Bex. Oh ! I'll be a dead man. Farewell my darling, we 
will never meet again, not on this earth. 

{goes hack to table 

Enter, William, l. y:.. , paces fioor very excitedly. 

Wm. The deemed scoundrel ! 

Bex. Sir ! {frightened 

(WiLLTAM never looks up hut paces 

Wm. It's useless to sir me, sir ! Demme, I don't go a 
cent on orphans or soldiers, without a war record. Let the 
infernal church build itself. Competing railroads be dashed. 
I'm busy, I tell you, I don't want any tickets. Demme, I 
won't listen to you any more. Go to the devil, sir! {look-j 
up) Ah. ! demme, best of clerks, what can I do for you. 

Bex. You — you are too kind, sir! I desire to see you 
on a matter that concerns my — 

ir?/i. You wish a raise in salary ? I'm sorry I can not 



JOEAHES BLATZS MISTAKE. 7 

allow it. You're a good clerk and all that, but I can't think 
of raising you just yet. Another clerk asked me for an- 
other ante — I mean raise, but I gave him the same answer. 

Bex. You are mistaken, sir ! I came to see you on 
quite a different matter. To ask — 

Wm. A vacation ? Well, I am inclined to grant that. 
I think it would do you good ; you look pale. 

Bex. You misunderstand me still. I came lo lay before 
you, for your consideration, the story of a love I have — a 
love that possesses me, body and soul. You — 

Win. Umph ! {calmy) That's very comprehensive and 
very serious, Mr. Dwelton. My daughter, as you know, is 
shortly to be married to Oliver Summ. I've told her 
several times that love is a very comprehensive and serious 
thing, but she don't believe me. 

Bex. I feel that my love is a — a very serious thing and 
would like to have you hear me and give me your advice. 

Wm. You shall have it. You love — 

Bex. The daughter of a man as rich as Jay Gould. 

Wm. A plus sign for you, but a minus for him. 

Bex. Exactly, sir! and there's the difficulty ; he designs 
a wealthy man for her husband. 

Wm. You have a chance for an investment yielding one 
hundred per cent. Take it. 

Bex. Then you advise me to — 

Wm. To do as I did. 

Bex. As you did ? 

Wm. Have I never told you how I laid the foundation 
for my present greatness, if I mav use the term. Thirty- 
five years ago, demme, I was litudsome and young, but 
poor. I, like you, loved a wealthy man's daughter, I told 
him so. He threatened to foward my name to the lunacy 
commissioners, and in this dilemma 1 decided to strategy. 

Bex. Strategy ! 

Wm. Strategy pure and simple. It was my last re- 
source and I grasped it. I consulted with my lady love and 
she approved of my plan. She packed her trunk and lower- 
ed it out uf the window at night. I addressed a note to her 
father, calling him a cruel beast, etc., etc., bidding him fare- 
well, and so on. We both signed it and tied it to the door 
bell and — 

Bex. Good heavens ! 



8 JOEA^'ES BLATZ'S MISTAKE, 

Wm. We were married ; my wife sent lier father a post- 
iiuptial note of regret, which was read by a weeping mother 
to a blaspheming father. He relented in four day, and 
gave me half of his fortune alone with his blessing. He 
died. Before he died he blessed me again ; he blessed me a 
third time in his will, and as damning is forbidden in the 
next world, I have every reason to b4?lieve that he is bless- 
ing me still, That, my boy, was strategy. Strategy keeps 
worlds together. What's a bank without strategy ? Merely 
a poker room lor deputy sheriffs. Think of it. Strategy 
gave me a wife, a bank, a daughter and a prospective son- 
in-law, old rheumatic, and worth a cool million. 
JRex. Wonderful ! 

Wni. Now Rex, you are to do as I did. Elope. That's 
the word, demme, e-1-o-p-e. Brief, pungent, solid, anglo- 
saxon, elope. 

Rex. Mr. Thunderbolt, you do not know ; you must let 
me explain. Indeed, you must; this is liorrible. 

Wm. Demme, nothing is horrible. 1 won't hear a word 
from you. You must do as I direct you to.. Fools are 
large, wise men. Don't be sensible; be a fool. Promise me 
you will be a fool and 1 will help you. Demme, you've got 
to promise. 

Hex. I — I — I promise. 

Will, {sets at table and irrites) Here is a check for 
$100, it will see you through. I propose to he generous 
this time, and here is a note to leave on your father-in-law's 
table. You may be absent two weeks, meantime I don't see 
for the life of me how I'm going to sleep. Go! Say no 
more. Go ! 

Bex. Am I to understand, Mr. Thunderbolt, that you 
counsel me to take this step under any and all circumstan- 
ces? 

^Vn^. Under any and all circumstances. I took it my- 
self and I never regretted it. Now, demme, go! 
Bex. Good-bye. {exit, l. 

Enter, Tabitha, k. e. 

Tahitha. William ! 

Win. Eh ! demmt*, what will you have sister'mine? 

Tab. I want to give you an undivided piece of my most 



JOIIANES BLATZS MISTAKE. S 

highly intellectual miod. Yon know the height of my am- 
bition has been and is, to become the wife of Oliver Summ, 
and here you're trying to marry him to that chit ot a 
daughter of yours, who is not old enough to know her own 
mind yet. Pretty man you're getting to be, brother mine. 
Ptuin your daughter's life and blight your sister's hopes. 
For shame, you cold-blooded reprobate. 

{ea'lt, K., vnthJiourlsJi 
Will, {.stands ayJiasf) Whew! {strlJcen taUe with fist) 
Sister mine, you are a Thunderbolt to perfection. Demme, 
go ! I know my business. {paces excitedly 

Enter, Olivek, l, e. 

01. William, I've a bit of — of news to communicate to 

\'0U. 

Wnt, Demme, take a chair Oliver, and fire away. 

{they sit 

01. As I was coming through the grove I heard some 
one talking; one voice I recognized to be that of your 
daughter, the other a st-ranger ; I listened to some very fine 
plans to elope to night. 

Wiiu {spri?i(/in(/ ujj) Elope? Demme, my daughter 
elope? Ha ! ha! ha! We'll see to that; demme, I think a 
little strategy would do here. Ha! St-r-a-t-e-g-y. {spells) 
Tell me about it. {sits 

01. Well, William, they plan to elope some time to- 
night, I didn't get to hear the time, but they are going to 
slope. 

Entet\ Hones, l. e. 

Hon. Zdi,y Meester Dumderblix here vos a delegrams. 

(William reads it 

Will. Demmit, I'm called to the city immediately, anc 
won't be home until morning, but I'll see to this elopemen' 
lust the same, Mr. Blatz! 

Hon. I'm here. 

Wm. Well sir ! I see you are. But would you like t< 
work for me ? 

Hon. I vant to by you vork? 

ir>/i. Yes, demme, them's not exactly my words, bu 
I've got a job on hand to-night. Mv daughter haa plaane< 



10 JOHANES BLATZS MISTAKE. 

to elope and you are to watch for them, aud if you catch 
them in the act just lock them up until I return. Do you 
understand the racket ? 

Hon. Yah, I forstay, unt I bet ven I make some rackets ; 
but vere I vos shut dose elopements ven I ketch her in dose 
act. 

Wrn. Well you may lock them both in that room off 
there, (d, f.) Now I must go so as to catch the down train. 
Oliver, you may go and visit your prospective mother-in- 
law if you wish, for demme, my daughter shall marry you. 

{exit, L. 

01. Now, Mr. Blatz, don't be too rough on the young 
folks ; just shut them up gently like, and don't cause any 
one any pain, for pain is very disagreeable, yow know. 

IIo7i. Ish dot so? 

Enter, Tabitha, r. e. 

01. {aside) Ah ! my dear Tabitha. I v/onder how she 
feels about my intended marriage. 1 had different aspira- 
tions once. 

Tab. {aside) Oh ! be still you poor little fluttering 
heart, don't make too much noise, for there is thy seducer, 
and if he should hear thy turbulent thumping, he would die 
with shame. Ahem ! 

01. Ahem ! 

Jlon. Ahem ! 

01. Ah ! there, my dear Miss Tabitha. 

Hon. Stay dere mine tear Mees, Mees, Tabacca. 

Tah. Sir ! You insolent dutchraan, how dare you speak 
to a lady in such a manner. Mr. Summ, will you allow 
that insult to go unpunished ? 

01. Really, Miss Tabitha, I can not. Mr. Blatz, you 
did wrong ; now don't you ever do it again. 

{shakes cane in his face 

Hon. Vot ? Zay, better ven you don't make some foolish- 
ness rait me. [llo^^iKS pu/ls coat) By Himmel, I vos a 
zon-of-a-gun fun deitchland, unt you bet your life I don't 
ben afraid fun any yankee cowyard man. 

Ol. Well we won't 'scrap in the presence of ladies, so let 
it drop. Miss Tabitha, let us take a stroll in the garden. 

TaO. Oh ! very well. {t^iej/ lock arms and exit, r. 



JOHANES BLATZS MISTAKE. . 11 

Hon. Ho ! ho ! dot looks pooty much hke some elope- 
ments, guess ven I better look a little out for dot business. 

{exit, K. 

Enter, Joyce, r. e. 

Joy. Oh ! papa was called away to the city and left that 
dutchman to watch us. It was lucky that I came home 
when I did so as to overhear Mr. Oliver's message. Oh ! 
how romantic. It is now nearly nine, and the time is set 
ior twelve, three whole hours, how can I wait. Tabitha has 
Oliver out in the garden and the dutchman is watching 
them. She will keep him out there all night if she can. 

Enter, Hones, r. e. 

Hon. Bv dunter, I lost track. 

Joy. Oh! 

lion. Don't got scared Mees, I don't hurt no female. 
1 vos looking for some elopements. 

Joy. Oh ! I'm not scared. Would you like me to fetch 
you some wine. If you are to watch, you ought to have 
something. 

lion. Veil, I don't vos padickular. 

Joy. Very well. {exit, r. 

lion. Mapy she looks like some elopement, I don't know. 
I bate you I have me some fun by dose business. 

Enter, Joyce, r. e., nutli wine. 

Joy. Here is some of father's best wine. You may have 
it if you will never tell. 

lion. I nefer zays von vort about it. So hellup me 
Schimminy Gristmas. 

Joy. Then drink. (Hones d^inJcs 

Hon. Dot vos pooty good. 

Joy. Now I will turn down the light and you may keep 
your watch. Good-night. {eQ'lt, r. 

Hon. Veil dot vos von pooty nice gal, I bate you, unt 
ma by she don't vos some elopements, {sltshy tahle) I vill 
vate me a vile for dose elopements now. 

{.soon falls asleep, snares, etc., after a sJiort pause 



12 JOHANES BLATZS MISTAKE, 

Enter, Joyce, r. e. 

Joy. Ah! he sleeps; I knew the drug would give him a 
quietus. The time is nearly here — half past eleven — only 
half an hour more. Ah ! papa mine, we are too smart. 
3-t-r-a-t-e-g-y, indeed. I guess it runs in the family. 
[crosses to l., and looks out) How is this to end. Oliver 
and Tabitha may come in any moment and all may be spoiled. 
Ah ! here he comes. 

Rex. (ofh.) Is all well? 

Jot/. All is well, just a moment. 

Crosses r. , and exits, relume with two large grips, leaves 
card on table, exit, l. 

Hon. {after a pause) Eh! vot's dere matter now. I 
guess maby I been shleepin', unt dose elopements vos gone. 
{noise offu) Vots dot? I bate my life dere comes some 
elopements. 

Enter, Oliver and Tabitha, r. e., arm in arm. 

Ah ! here she vos, now for dot act {they are talking ana 
do not observe Hones — he graps Oliver around waist) 
Now I bate you I got dose elopements. ill a^itvla. faints 

01. Mr. Blatz, what does this mean? 

Hon. You vos dose elopements, unt I caught you by 
dose act. 

01. Let me explain. 

Hon. Nix comerouse. {they scuffie and Hones puU 
Oliver in d. l.) Now I dank I t ike dot oder von. 

{carries Tabitha in d. l. 

Tah. {irlthln D. L., pounds on door) Help! help! mur- 
der! I'm shut up in this dark room all alone with a horrid 
man. 

01. It's all that dutchman's fault, Tabitha. 

Hon. Dose vos a pooty live elopements. 

Tab. {within D. 1,.) Oh! you wretch! help! brother 
help ! help ! 

Enter, William, l. e. 

Wtn. What in the devil is a'l this racket about? 
Hon. I got dose elopements shut mit dose room in. 

/'William aoea to d. l. and lets them out 



JOHANES BLATZS MISTAKE. IS 

Wm. What ? Siss and Oliver ! How is this ? 

{exit, R. 

Tah. How can I ever look another mortal man in the 
face again? To think tnat I, Tabitha Thunderbolt, should 
be locked up in a dark room all alone with a man, and we 
not married either. 

01. Tabitha, it was not my fault. 

Tah. Oh, you wretch! This disgrace must be removed, 
or I will have you arrested. 

Enter, William, r. e. 

Wm. Demme! you have shut up the wrong couple and 
my daughter has flown. Oh! what's this? The demmed 
■■^couudrel ! the card I wrote myself. Strategy be demmed ! 

CURTAIN. 

END OF ACT I. 



ACT II. 



SCENE—Sam€asActI.—^ii.\AKM seated r. of table, 
Theresa, l. 

]rw. And to think of it, Theresa, the demmed scoundrel ! 

Ther. Oh! William. 

Will. I repeat it, madam! The demmed scoundrel ac- 
tually left this note, which I wrote myself. 

Ther. It was terrible, William. 

Will. And now the impudent rascal writes that, to say, 
that he and Joy are very happy, but would like to be 
happier ; and — and dash him, he begins to remind me that 
the four day's limit of acceptance are up. 

Ther. And Mr. Summ ? 

Wm. Mr. Summ be busted ! We've lost a cool million. 

Ther. What, can we do about it? 

Will. Theresa! 

Ther. Yes, William. 

Wm. We're facing a crisis. 

Ther. Yes, dear. 

Wm. A little stratesrv is needed. 



U JORANES BLATZS MISTAKE. 

Titer. Cannot we get along without strategy, William \ 

Wm. I'm afraid not. The standing of the bank is im- 
perilled. 

T/ter. Goodness sakes ! 

W771. The bank must be saved ! 

TAer. By all means. 

Wm. I'm dissatisfied with my cashier, Theressa ; he was 
late two times last year- I must discharge him. 

T/ier. Of course, William. 

Win. A strategic move would be to put this demmed 
scoundrel in his place. 

T/ier. 1 suppose it is necessary, my dear. 

Wfn. And I don't suppose it is too late to hire the 
society papers to publish an account of the nuptials, private- 
ly celebrated, of — dem 'em both ! 

Ther. That would be wise, my dear. 

Wm. I have every reason to suppose, madam, that by 
this strategy, I will be able to preserve the integrity of the 
bank, which is, of course, my sole object. 

T/ier. How fortunate. 

Wm. Yes, how fortunate, and again how demmed un- 
fortunate. We've lost a half million. 

Enter, Joyce and Rex, l. e., andTABiTRA and Olivee, r. 
E., Hones, l. e,, comes to front. 

Joy. Dear papa ! 

Rex. Mr. Thunderbolt! 

01. Dear William! 

Tab. Brother ! 

Hon. Meester Dunderblix ! 

Wm. [springs vp k.) Demme ! has bedlam turned loose ? 
Oh h-h ! you demmed scoundrel ! {grabs Rex by hand) 
Accept my blessing and congfatulations. 

01. Well AVilliam, I have decided, that the only way 
to fix up this trouble between Tabitha and myself, would be 
marriage, so we went to the Squire and had it done in a 
hurry. 

Tab. Yes, and by strategy, we are united. 

Hon. I dank I got sometings coming on dot elopement 
business. 

Wm. Ha ! ha ! demme, it is all a good joke, and you all 
have mv blessinj:, (Hones corner c* fv<mt 



J0HANE8 BLATZS MISTAKE. 

Hon. Veil, I don't vant hese blessing, but if dere voa 
any man in dese house vot vonts a goot man to ketch elope- 
ments, yust cum by me ; I helups you out efry time. Unt 
if any body got a bank vot vos liable to got busted, use — 

Omnes. Strategy. 

Tabitha. Oliver. William. Theresa. Rex. Joyce. 



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CURTAIN. 



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THE HAUNTED MILL; 

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Con O'Ragen's Secret. 

An Irish drama in 3 acts by Bernard F. Moore, 
for 5 male and 4 female characters. Costumes to suit 
characters. Time of performance 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS. 
ACT I.-Home of Mra. O'Kelley. 

Scene /.—"The last Rose of Summer." Con and Maureen. The secret. A lore 
scene interrupted by Norah O'Kelley. The letter, and appointment to meet at tha 
ruined Chapel. Murty Tobin, an eavesdroMJer. Murty delirers Squire Corrigan's 
message. How Norah received it. Maureen and Murty. Arriral of Con in time to 
prevent Murty from kissing his sff eatheart. Maureen faints and Coa takes adyantage 
and steals a kiss. 

Soene 7/.— Murty informs his master of the meeting at the Chapel. They arrange 
to kill Frank and abduct Norah. Con's opinion of Murty and his master. Bob 
Jackson, the detective and Con decides to search the old mil'. Maureen and Murty. 
The quarrel. The attempt to abduct Maureen, Con to the rescue. 

ikene III.— The Chapel at midnight. The .Squire and Murty, unseen witnesses of th« 
meetine of Frank and Norah. Attempted murder and the abduction of Norah. Con 
and Boo discorer Frank, "Heaven help Norah, for she is in the hands of hor enemies." 

ACT U.-Same as Act I. 

Scene /.—Home of Mrs. O'Kelley. Arrival of Con. Maureen and Con, the mystery 
of the old mill. Squire Corrigan and Mrs. O'Kelley. The demand for Norah' i hand 
in marri-iire and refusal. The mnrtgago. "(Jod help me, I consent" 

iSeen«y7.— Squire Corrigan and Murty. The lost letter. Con and Frank, "We'll yisit 
the old mill to-night." 

iScene III. — Haunted mill. Mrs. Corrigan, a prisoner in the mill. Squire Corrigan 
and Murty visit the prisoner, another dose of poison. A trap door. Squire Corrigan 
Ihro-vs Murty down through the trap door. "Curse him, he is out of mv way." In- 
terview between Squire Corrigan and Norah, who he has locked into the haunted mill. 
Norah's consent to be the Squire's wife, to save her mother. The raid on the haunted 
mill. Murty discovered and released, he reveals the secrets of the mill, Meeting ot 
Mrs. Corrigan and her brother. 

ACT Ill.-Saxne as Act I. 

Scene I. — Return of Norah. Mother and daughter meet. Frank and Norah, dispair 
of Frank, on hearing of Norah's intended marriage with the Squire. "Oh! God, my 
life is wrecked forever." 

iSc«n< //.—Murty turns State witness. The mortgage illegal. Frank Dalton. Con's 
little scheme. Maureen and Con, the secret revealed. Squire Corrigan and th« 
Priest. 

Scene ///.—Norah and her mother. "The hour approaches." Arrival of th e Sqair* 
and Priest. The marriage intermpted. Mrs. Corrigan and Murty, unbidden guests. 
The disguised Prie«t. "The game is up, 1 ve lost all." A double wedding, complat* 
the happiness of Frank and Norah, Con and Maureen. Prio* 15oi 

Cleveland's Reception Party. 

A Farce in 1 act by George W. Williams, for 5 male 
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Jimmio Jones 3 

John Smith „ 5 

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Paten* Washing Machine 4 

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